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Difference between File system created by fdisk and file system created by mkfs - linux

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I'm a little bit confused with partitioning the filesystem in Linux. Please tell me the difference between creating the file system with fdisk and mkfs (when formatting the disk). I can't clearly tell my problem, so please look at this picture:

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Fix for: Difference between File system created by fdisk and file system created by mkfs - linux

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Fdisk partitions your hard drive. It sets up partitions on the disk by creating a partition table. mkfs formats the partition after it has been created. It formats it based on a specific filesystem like NTFS, FAT32, Unix ext2 & ext2. So fdisk isn't …

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